Nghe An strengthens fire prevention and fighting inspections in apartments, mini apartments, and boarding houses of 3 floors or more.

The dispatch stated that recently, the Ministry of Public Security and the Provincial Police have issued many documents directing the drastic implementation of solutions for fire prevention and rescue in general and for apartment buildings, mini apartments, and boarding houses in particular. However, through monitoring, in the whole country in general, and in Nghe An province in particular, the fire and explosion situation in apartment buildings, mini apartments, and boarding houses still has many potential complications, high risk of fire and explosion, and when fire and explosion occur, it can easily lead to human casualties. In particular, on the evening of September 12, 2023, at lane 29, Khuong Ha street, Khuong Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi, a fire broke out in a mini apartment building, causing particularly serious consequences, with a large number of deaths and injuries.

Faced with the above situation, to proactively strengthen the work of ensuring fire safety and rescue at apartment buildings, mini apartments, and boarding houses in Nghe An province, the Provincial Police leaders request:

PC07 Department and Police of districts, cities and townsOrganize a review, basic investigation, re-inspection, and comprehensive inspection of fire prevention and rescue work at 100% of apartment buildings, mini apartments, and boarding houses with 3 floors or more in the province; in which, focus on prioritizing inspections of facilities that exist or violate fire safety conditions as pointed out by the authorities through inspection work under the direction of the Provincial Police in Plan No. 68/KH-CAT-PC07 dated February 25, 2023. During the inspection process, it is necessary to focus on propaganda and guidance for strict compliance with the following contents:

- Check the functionality, system operation skills and maintenance of the fire prevention and rescue system; check the common escape routes of apartment buildings, boarding houses and the back area for each household (in case there is a tiger cage, resolutely direct the opening of the emergency escape route).

- Propaganda and mobilize households to purchase additional equipment for fire fighting and escape, such as: gas masks, rope ladders, slow-lowering ropes... to proactively respond when fire and explosion incidents occur.

The Management Board, the apartment building management and operation unit, and the mini apartment building owners are required to arrange security guards to be on duty and guard the basement area (or the first floor where residents' vehicles are parked) of the apartment building at night to ensure security and order, and to carry out the task of checking the fire prevention system, especially strictly prohibiting the charging of car and motorbike batteries in the basement area of ​​the apartment building.

At the same time, regularly organize self-inspections and reviews of fire prevention and fighting work in apartment buildings and boarding houses in general and for each household in apartment buildings and boarding houses in particular to promptly detect, correct and immediately fix existing problems that pose a risk of fire and explosion.

PX03 Department coordinates with PC07 Department and related unitsRegularly do a good job of propaganda on mass media, the Internet, social networking sites... about knowledge of fire prevention and fighting laws, necessary skills for households and people living in apartment buildings and boarding houses.

Room PC07Improve the quality of fire prevention and fighting appraisal work for apartment and boarding house projects in the province; ensure that 100% of projects subject to fire prevention and fighting design appraisal before construction start must be granted a Fire Prevention and Fighting Design Approval Certificate and be accepted for fire prevention and fighting before being put into use in accordance with the law.

At the same time, regularly coordinate and exchange with functional units under the Department of Construction or the People's Committee at the district level, when appraising planning, granting permits for new construction or renovation of projects, apartment buildings, mini apartments, and boarding houses that are subject to fire prevention and fighting design approval, the investor must be required to present documents stating fire prevention and fighting solutions for the projects, and fire prevention and fighting design approval certificates issued by the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department. In case the above documents cannot be presented, it is necessary to resolutely not propose planning approval or issue a construction permit.

Preside over and coordinate with PV01 Department to help the Provincial Police leaders monitor, urge, inspect and guide the implementation of the Police of units and localities; synthesize the situation and implementation results across the province and report to the Provincial Police leaders for monitoring and direction.